From: Taylor, David (DTaylor@WBMI.COM)
Date: Fri May 30 2003 - 16:52:30 EDT
Hi *
I am attempting to tar all the subdirectories that begin with the letters a-d. The command I used was:
tar -cvf /dev/rmt0 [a-d]*
Looking at the process list, it shows that the shell expanded the arguments correctly:
wbmpxdb01 / # ps -fu XPbackup
UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
XPbackup 18312 64408 2 May 29 pts/2 33:45 tar -cvf /dev/rmt0 /XPmnt brwarne clparch data ddmarqu dmbichl dmwiesn
XPbackup 64408 72142 0 May 28 pts/2 0:00 -ksh
wbmpxdb01 / #
However, as I watch the output to the screen, tar is going after every subdirectory.
I have tested this using different ranges and it always grabs all of the subdirectories.
Can anyone explain why it might be doing this?
TIA
David
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